Modify or new bike - need input please!
Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2008
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From: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Agreed. If you like smaller sized bikes that transition quick and are nimble and flick-a-ble, you'll love a Dyna. I come from a lifetime of sport bikes and find my FLD to be pretty darn flick-a-ble for a cruiser.
Road Captain
Joined: Aug 2014
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From: Trim Town
Do yourself a favor. See the bike in my signature? That's the kind of bike you want if you're riding 75 mph all day long. Jeeez, stop beating yourself to death.
I'm waiting for the refi on my house to close next month and then I'm buying a Wide Glide as a "second bike". I see the Wide Glide as a bar hopper to ride around town. Mostly surface streets, short interstate stretches. I can't imagine riding a sportster at 75 all day long. Hell I hated riding my old 92 Fatboy at those speeds all day long.
And BTW, yes, I've owned sportsters...
I'm waiting for the refi on my house to close next month and then I'm buying a Wide Glide as a "second bike". I see the Wide Glide as a bar hopper to ride around town. Mostly surface streets, short interstate stretches. I can't imagine riding a sportster at 75 all day long. Hell I hated riding my old 92 Fatboy at those speeds all day long.
And BTW, yes, I've owned sportsters...
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Road Master
Joined: Aug 2011
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From: midwest
The baggers are out of it. Too heavy; that's why I got rid of my Road King. At this point, if the Sporty goes it'll be a Dyna or Softail. Like the looks of the Heritage, but the Dynas have more suspension travel.
Thanks to all who've offered input on this - I've got a lot of thinking to do, and I hate that.
Thanks to all who've offered input on this - I've got a lot of thinking to do, and I hate that.
Grand HDF Member
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From: Hill Country, TX
The 6 speed tranny makes cruising at 80+mph a breeze. You don't need a big, heavy bagger with floorboards to be happy/comfortable. A newer Dyna with a small fairing would do the trick.
I put a Baker 6 speed tranny on my FXR, and it makes a world of difference for high speed cruising on the freeway.
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2014
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From: Kentucky
A 88 and 5 speed is no slouch either if not a little more peppy. I like the shorter stroke of the 88, it will wind up and haul *** in a hurry. The 5 speed is good to unless you plan on cruising the slab at a steady 90mph.
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Banned
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: Northern California
Hopefully, I'm reading this right and you might keep the Sportster as is and still get a big twin.
My 88" 5-speed RG would run all day at 80+ ( in Arizona, of course ;-) ), and now I have a 103" 6-speed RG. While it's nicer at 80mph, you don't need a 6-speed if you want to save some coin. You just need more engine than a 1200.
Ride a few big twins and see what you think.
My 88" 5-speed RG would run all day at 80+ ( in Arizona, of course ;-) ), and now I have a 103" 6-speed RG. While it's nicer at 80mph, you don't need a 6-speed if you want to save some coin. You just need more engine than a 1200.
Ride a few big twins and see what you think.
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From: Sacramento, CA.
It doesn't matter what you do to your Sporty, it's still a Sporty. Check out a Dyna. The Softails is just a small step above a Sporty. Take a Softail for a long ride on the freeway, running about 75 & up.